Determinants of the Effectiveness of Corporate Codes of Ethics: An Empirical Study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-395

  Singh, Jang B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

corporate codes of ethics; determinants of code effectiveness; effectiveness of codes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960338605     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0727-3     Document Type: Article

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